Ethan is a 9 year old student currently in Year 4 and attends his local school. He has a significant eye condition which greatly impacts on his accessing the curriculum especially with literacy.
Ethan is able to use enlarged readers and worksheets at some points during the school day but can become visually fatigued.
Marg Crosswell talks about how Ethan’s main goal for this year has been to learn braille and so he has been practising brailling the alphabet on the Perkins brailler (figure 1). Continue Reading →
Wikitoria is 10 years old and she attends a large primary school in her local area. She is a 0.1 ORS student on the BLENNZ roll. In figure 1 Wikitoria is in class.
Wikitoria is working with her BLENNZ Resource Teacher Vision (RTV), Robyn Black to her improve literacy skills.
Specific areas of focus during their weekly sessions include comprehension and following instructions. As well as learning to follow written instructions Wikitoria is also learning to problem solve and interpret information. Continue Reading →
Áine is in Year 13 in a mainstream secondary school. In preparation for attending university in 2013, she is working with her RTV, Jenny McFadden to ensure a smooth transition.
In figure 1 we see Áine in her “office”, an independent work environment at school. Continue Reading →
Jacob is a 4 year old who attends his local kindergarten. He has limited vision and a profound hearing impairment and explores his world through the tactile system.
Jacob is learning how to access literacy through tactile collage pictures and braille.
Here his Resource Teacher of Vision, Leanne Stubbing talks about how she supports him in his learning. Continue Reading →